Paul Freeman

Paul Freeman was born in Calgary in 1969 and grew up in Edmonton. Paul began attending the Alberta College of Art & Design in 1994. As a student he developed a practice generating original images on colour copiers.

Freeman graduated at the top of his class, receiving the Governor General's Award for Academic Excellence and a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Excellence in Interdisciplinary Studies in May 1998. In 2003 he received the Enbridge Emerging Artist Award.

Since graduation, Freeman has returned to Edmonton and continues to produce and exhibit his photographic and installation-based artwork. He is currently completing a Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Alberta. Freeman is a Lead Artist at the Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, an art centre for adults with developmental disabilities. He also works as an art facilitator with special needs groups at The Edmonton Art Gallery. Freeman has a 12 year-old daughter named Izabella.